Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i386 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: i386-redhat-linux-gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 uname output: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.10-1.766_FC3 #1 Wed Feb 9 23:06:42 EST 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.0 Patch Level: 14 Release Status: release Description: Seems like $RANDOM never returns 0 in some conditions. "some conditions" seem to be related to $RANDOM being executed in a subshell, but I could be wrong here. Repeat-By: This command works correctly, printing (usually) a few OKs: for ((i=0; i< 100000; i++)); do if [ $RANDOM -eq 0 ]; then echo OK; fi; done But this other command _never_ prints anything: for ((i=0; i< 100000; i++)); do if [ $RANDOM -eq 0 ]; then echo OK; fi; done | cat Neither does this command: (for ((i=0; i< 100000; i++)); do if [ $RANDOM -eq 0 ]; then echo OK; fi; done) _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash